tribal
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈtraɪbəl/
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tribal
- The community held a festival that celebrated their tribal customs and traditions.
- tribal leader
- tribal elders
- tribal courts
He was, there was some tribal leader from the West.
- He was, there was some tribal leader from the West.
- I'm first going to talk about tribal court systems generally.
- New laws are passed which ban associations with tribal or religious titles.
- Have you ever seen those videos of tribal people eating cheesecake for the first time?
- He's lives in a tribal area in Peshar Mardan.
- It is divided by tribal loyalties.
- The Catholic Church has always been a multi ethnic, a multi tribal movement.
- Yeah, and he has like one of those like those like tribal around the arm tattoo.
- It allows one to believe that blacks should be returned to rural tribal existence.
- But the one limitation is that the tribal rights which are quantified now have priority.
- And that's like EDM mixed with like tribal Native American cries.
- The experience is tribal, it's primal, it's fun.
Examples
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We existed in our tribal lands as tribes.
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When the ships appeared in the sky above my world, I looked to my tribal elders for how we would respond.
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All the rest of the land is state, federal, or tribal land.
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You know, what we're talking about is tribal power, right?
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And so most tribal people view their side as near perfect.
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Who is asking these questions, within what tribal culture, for what purpose?
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It gives them a sense of group tribal identity.
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That's what the Tribal Council wants to talk about.
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And that night, in an ancient ceremony of fire and drums, the tribal shaman presented the boy with a ring of great significance.
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On the continent, the formation of countries was predicated on tribal ties and geography.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
394
3.8
Relating to a group's culture and traditions
About the customs or way of life of a traditional community
Compounds
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8.7
A person who leads an Arab family group or village and makes important community decisions
How Tribal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tribal comes from tribe, a word for a group of people who live together and share customs and traditions. So tribal means 'relating to a tribe', which is why we use it for the leaders, customs, and social life of such groups.